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8 Ka mor’a nako Davida a loantša Bafilista+ ’me a ba hlola+ eaba o hapa motse oa Methege-ama matsohong a Bafilista.
2 A hlola Bamoabe+ ’me a ba paqamisa fatše eaba o ba metha ka khoele. O ile a metha mela e ’meli ea batho bao a neng a tl’o ba bolaea le mola o le mong o feletseng oa batho bao a neng a ke ke a ba bolaea.+ Joale Bamoabe ea e-ba basebeletsi ba Davida ba ntšang lekhetho.*+
3 Davida a hlola morena oa Zoba+ e leng Hadadezere mora oa Rehobe ha Hadadezere a ne a il’o hapa sebaka se Nokeng ea Eufrate.+ 4 Davida a hapa bapalami ba lipere ba 1 700 le masole a 20 000. Eaba Davida o khaola mesifa ea lipere tsohle tse hulang likariki empa a siea lipere tse 100.+
5 Ha Basiria ba Damaseka+ ba tla ho tla thusa Morena Hadadezere oa Zoba, Davida a bolaea Basiria ba 22 000.+ 6 Davida a beha masole Siria ea Damaseka ’me Basiria ea e-ba basebeletsi ba Davida ba ntšang lekhetho. Jehova o ne a thusa Davida hore a hlole hohle moo a neng a ea teng.+ 7 Ho ekelletsa moo, Davida a nka lithebe tse selika-likoe tsa khauta ho bahlanka ba Hadadezere, a li tlisa Jerusalema.+ 8 Morena Davida a nka koporo e ngata Betha le Berothai e leng metse ea Hadadezere.
9 Morena Toi oa Hamathe+ a utloa hore Davida o ne a hlotse masole ’ohle a Hadadezere.+ 10 Toi a romela mora oa hae Jorame ho Morena Davida hore a e’o utloa hore na o ntse a ea joang le ho mo lebohisa hobane o ne a loantšitse Hadadezere ’me a mo hlotse (kaha Hadadezere o ne a lula a loantša Toi). Hape o ile a mo tlisetsa lintho tsa silevera, tsa khauta le tsa koporo. 11 Morena Davida a nehelana ka* lintho tsena ho Jehova feela joalokaha a ne a nehelane ka silevera le khauta tse tsoang lichabeng tse ling tsohle tseo a neng a li hlotse:+ 12 Tse tsoang ho Siria le ho Moabe,+ Baamone, Bafilista,+ Baamaleke+ le thepeng e hapuoeng ho Hadadezere+ mora oa Rehobe morena oa Zoba. 13 Davida a boela a tuma ha a tsoa bolaea Baedomo ba 18 000 Khohlong ea Letsoai.+ 14 A beha mabotho a sesole Edomo. A a beha motseng oohle oa Edomo ’me Baedomo bohle ea e-ba basebeletsi ba Davida.+ Jehova o ne a thusa Davida hore a hlole* hohle moo a neng a ea teng.+
15 Davida a ’na a busa Iseraele eohle,+ a ahlola sechaba sohle+ ka toka le ka ho loka.+ 16 Joabe+ mora oa Tseruja o ne a okametse masole ’me Josafate+ mora oa Akilude e le motlalehi. 17 Tsadoke+ mora oa Akitube le Akimeleke mora oa Abiathare e ne e le baprista ’me Seraia e le mongoli. 18 Benaia+ mora oa Jehojada o ne a okametse Bakerethe le Bapelethe.+ Bara ba Davida ea e-ba baeta-pele* ba ka sehloohong.